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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
actual cost (AC)
backward pass
2. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
effort
forward pass
predecessor activity
3. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break
predecessor activity
rolling wave planning (Technique)
statement of work (SOW)
budget at completion (BAC)
4. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
buffer
scope change
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
special cause
5. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.
virtual team
constraint (Input)
work authorization system (Tool)
inspection (Technique)
6. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
assumptions
logical relationship
resource breakdown structure
defect repair
7. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c
scope change
output (Process)
actual cost (AC)
analogous estimating (Technique)
8. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.
project organization chart (Output/Input)
constraint (Input)
finish date
forward pass
9. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.
requirement
work performance information
Monte Carlo analysis
opportunity
10. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r
application area
buffer
activity attributes (Output/Input)
manage project team (Process)
11. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools
log
procurement documents (Output/Input)
technique
secondary risk
12. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.
secondary risk
requested change(Output/Input)
project management body of knowledge
collect requirements (Process)
13. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient
milestone schedule (Tool)
scope
decomposition (Technique)
configuration management system (Tool)
14. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic
estimate activity durations (Process)
communications management plan (Output/Input)
risk management plan (Output/Input)
specification limits
15. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
identify stakeholders (Process)
scope change
sub network
expert judgment (Technique)
16. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle
opportunity
external deliverable
data date
project calendar
17. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.
free float
functional manager
summary activity
risk mitigation (Technique)
18. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion
project management plan (Output/Input)
flowcharting (Technique)
start to start (SS)
Monte Carlo analysis
19. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.
portfolio management (Technique)
earned value (EV)
estimate activity durations (Process)
risk
20. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
distribute information (Process)
near critical activity
estimate activity resources (Process)
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
21. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity
late finish date (LF)
execute
path convergence
master schedule (Tool)
22. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance
project management plan (Output/Input)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
regulation
project manager
23. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs
objective
rework
decision tree analysis (Technique)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
24. Graphic display of schedule related information.
administer procurements (Process)
Gantt chart (Tool)
trend analysis (Technique)
execute
25. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities
scope management plan(Output/Input)
program management
sequence activities (Process)
project management team
26. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.
product life cycle
to complete performance index (TCPI)
project charter (Output/Input)
request for proposal (RFP)
27. Narrative description of products - services or results
statement of work (SOW)
closing processes (Process Group)
slack
distribute information (Process)
28. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.
conduct procurements (Process)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
identify risks (Process)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
29. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.
project management plan (Output/Input)
methodology
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
estimate costs (Process)
30. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
near critical activity
monitor
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
float
31. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.
inspection (Technique)
project calendar
rework
risk management plan (Output/Input)
32. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones
project schedule (Output/Input)
monitor and control risks (Process)
near critical activity
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
33. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes
percent complete
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
influence diagram (Tool)
program management
34. Budgeted cost of work performed
logical relationship
BCWP
rolling wave planning (Technique)
plan quality (Process)
35. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase
risk tolerance
change control
Delphi technique (Technique)
initiating processes (Process Group)
36. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity
closing processes (Process Group)
log
authority
input (Process) input
37. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system
identify stakeholders (Process)
change control system (Tool)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
resource breakdown structure
38. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted
acceptance criteria
material
external deliverable
plan risk response (Process)
39. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project
project management team
reserve analysis (Technique)
scope
risk acceptance (Technique)
40. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so
baseline
sensitivity analysis
change control system (Tool)
specification
41. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure
monitor and control risks (Process)
code of accounts (Tool)
late finish date (LF)
hammock activity
42. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
imposed date
project initiation
estimate costs (Process)
43. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
activity code
administer procurements (Process)
methodology
summary activity
44. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives
risk
project charter (Output/Input)
sub phase
scope management plan(Output/Input)
45. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
network logic
schedule baseline
direct and manage project execution (Process)
46. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
decomposition (Technique)
project management office (PMO)
estimate activity durations (Process)
percent complete
47. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
change requests
project schedule (Output/Input)
approved change request (Output/Input)
fast tracking (Technique)
48. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase
risk mitigation (Technique)
closing processes (Process Group)
precedence relationship
material
49. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
close procurements (Process)
subproject
identify risks (Process)
defect repair
50. A product - result or service generated by a process
risk category
output (Process)
portfolio
total float